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Maybe because in some countries (like Germany) it is not yet in public domain.
by littlecranky67 3y ago
Maybe because in some countries (like Germany) it is not yet in public domain.
- ruune 3y agoYouTube forces everyone, independent of local laws, to work under the US's fair use laws, they could at least be consistent and not care if some country has other laws on copyright. Which is what they do mostly. If Germany was the problem, they'd make the upload inaccessible in Germany and leave it untouched for everyone else. Content-ID marking it globally is clearly an issue on YouTube's end
- Mindwipe 3y ago> YouTube forces everyone, independent of local laws, to work under the US's fair use laws No they don't. You must work under the fair use laws of every territory the content is available in. The US has a significantly wider fair use law than almost any other country on Earth. > If Germany was the problem, they'd make the upload inaccessible in Germany and leave it untouched for everyone else. They do - it is extremely common for items to be blocked to Japan especially, as Japan has very tight fair use provisions in particular.
- weinzierl 3y agoIn Germany there is no public domain, so it never will be. It will be "gemeinfrei", which is a different thing, somewhen after 2036. Probably even only after 2058, because one of the composers of the music lived till 1988. EDIT: German Wikipedia says 2042.
- CogitoCogito 3y agoWhat are the practical differences between US public domain and German gemeinfrei?
- anticensor 3y agoNone, apart from the fact you cannot gegemeinfreien your work voluntarily.
- weinzierl 3y agoThe main difference is that in Germany it is not possible to give up moral rights and therefore you cannot truly dedicate something to the public. Some rights always stay with the creator in contrast to public domain, which gives away all rights.